About Course Materials
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The Canadian Publishers’ Council conducted an Ontario wide post-secondary survey about the use of course materials.  The survey was directed to faculty and students in both Colleges and Universities during May 2009.  We received responses from 1550 faculty members and responses from 1531 students.

Some key points you should know…

• most students say that they and other students in their courses generally buy required course materials and that doing so will help them get better grades
  
  
• overall students claim to purchase required course materials in 91% of the courses where they are required
  
  
• 71% of student respondents and 71% of faculty respondents agreed there’s a connection between good grades and getting the required course materials
  
  
• students say that in 1st and 2nd year they have received the message from instructors that buying and using the required course materials leads to better grades
  
  
• faculty said their students who generally buy required materials get better grades
  
  
• faculty made it clear to students that they should keep required course materials for reference after graduation
  
  
• faculty report (92% of respondents) they teach enough from required course materials to make the purchase worthwhile